A neo-Nazi who planned to massacre people with a machete at a Pride event last summer is having his day in court.
20-year-old Ethan Stables is currently on trial at Leeds Crown Court where he has plead not guilty to accusations of terrorism.
Prosecutors are calling Stables a “white supremacist” with a fondness for Adolf Hitler and a “deep-seated hatred” of LGBTQ people.
“On 23 June 2017, the defendant became aware that the New Empire public house was going to hold an LGBT event, a Pride night, and he was enraged by that” prosecutors told jurors.
“He began to take photographs, reconnaissance of the public house with a view to launching an attack later that evening.”
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Stables also allegedly started looking up how to make his own explosives and firearms.
Everything was going according to plan until he joined a Nazi-themed Facebook group and blabbed about what he was going to do.
“I’m going to walk in with a fucking machete and slaughter every single one of the gay bastards,” Stables allegedly wrote.
A woman happened to see the messages and alerted the police.
Stables was stopped by authorities on his way to the pub. Detectives believe it was his last time scoping out the venue before he intended on returning later with weapons. They later found a machete, an explosive substance, and Nazi regalia including a swastika armband at his home, the court heard.
The trial continues.
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Nowuvedoneit
White terrorist, come at me neocons!
DCguy
Look at the desperation of the troll.
There is a Neo Nazi on trial who wanted to murder lgbts and they are so desperate to move the discussion off of any white or Christian terrorist that he’s trying to turn the whole discussion onto a non-existent person.
Juanjo
In the USA, straight, neo-Nazi scum like this British sod, have committed the vast majority of violent acts against gay men and women for decades. When Muslims have done so as was the case in Orlando, they have been condemned for their actions. Your pathetic attempt at a false statement of reality is noted and rejected as the pathetic troll lie it is.
dwes09
The reality challenged “Redmage” states:
“I wonder if Queerty will ever talk about these things, or the future acts of violence towards gays by Muslims.”
Like so many on the right, he sees no difference between reality and his fear driven imagination.
Queerty and its sister blog have both discussed the Orlando massacre and the man who perpetrated it.
But as noted by others it remains fact that you are most likely to be a victim of anti-LGBT violence at the hands of white supremacists, unbalanced fundamentalists and other non-Muslims. This article deals specifically with a white ultranationalist in England, not your paranoia regarding things in the USA.
Stilinski26
Yeah tell that to Orlando victims and gays in the middle east
Michael Wenas
Totally agree. A lot of nuance, but I still agree. In my opinion, extremists from both sides tried their best to destroy the entirety of western civilization. These utopian idealists need to realize that Rome wasn’t built in one day.
Kangol
I’m glad they caught him!
Stilinski26
Hes out on bail which is typical for British police!
Hussain-TheCanadian
That lady is a hero; thankfully the b@stard was stopped.